It is a sunny morning here in Nairobi. Everyone is busy or
at least has something to make them assume that appearance of been busy. Businesses
are opening up, the ‘bodaboda’ guys stand in small groups, conversing probably
about yesterday’s unfortunate incidence. (Tear gas). I am walking to the office
with a friend come business partner. We talk about news, people, and politics. He
does not like politics like I do. He then introduces the subject of advertisement.
We have not had such a bad month like previous Januarys have been. But still
more needs to be done to reach our quarterly target. He suggests a loan to fund
the advertisement campaign, I am for selling part of the ownership. Either way,
it appears, our business will not have a hard time raising the funds. Our issue
is the choice of advertisement tool. Both of us though agree that we must
include the two tenders we have supplied to boost our advertisement campaign.
Our business is two years old. It is in its third year. I am 25, my friend is 23. I am telling you
with this rate of growth, at the age of 30, you will see us somewhere. Not that
I am bragging, I want to share the secret behind our business success. Government
tenders. You have heard about the changes in the government tendering process,
guess what, it is true. The government is awarding 30% of all tenders to
businesses owned by youths. We have been
lucky to supply two at least. We hope for more even this year given our
deliverance on the previous ones.
All you need to deep a hand in this common pool
is a registered business. Have you registered your business? Guys around town
are doing it for people at some fee, you can as well walk yourself and
register. After registration, make sure you file your KRA returns monthly so
that you can be able to get your compliance certificate. After this you are
good to go. People ignorant of these benefits have argued against business
registration, but think about it keenly in terms of the benefits and I am sure
they outweigh the costs.
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